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How Do You Align Machinery on a Flexible Base?

"c-face motor"| Alignment tolerances| looseness| Precision Shaft Alignment

By Tom Shelton on November 20, 2018

This is as much a title for a blog as it is a question. One our Technical Trainers once stated that to align rotating machinery, they must first be alignable. What is meant in part by this is that when we have a collinear tolerance of 0.5mil /1” angularity and 2.0 mils offset, the machines […]

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A Vertical Shaft Alignment Process

"c-face motor"| "Realign America"| "shaft alignment"| "vertical shaft alignment"

By Michael Keohane on October 1, 2012

The inclinometers in a laser alignment system work against gravity in the horizontal plane for a typical horizontal shaft alignment. When performing a vertical shaft alignment, the process will be different. Here is the process for aligning a vertically-mounted C-faced motor as shown on a vertical alignment demonstrator: Mount the sensors across the coupling. Special […]

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